The branches were made by taking some wire and wrapping masking tape around them. Then i wrapped strips of pages around them all paper mache like, dipping them in gluey water and such. i tried to use wood like and/or brownish pages so they looked more branches.

I cut out little leaflets, poked some holes in them and attached them to some green wire, then i wrapped the wire around the branches (after they had dried of course )

The flowers were made my cutting out some circle...petaly shaped...thingies. I used some of the title pages which were mostly the same color so i could get mostly blue flowers. i made them bigger to smaller and threaded some more green wire thru the middle of those...and made a little circle twisty part out of the access wire for the stamen.

I hot glued some leftover floral foam (from the original ugly flowers in the thrift store pot ) into the bottom of the pot. i arranged all the bits, hot glued the sticks in there so they wouldnt come out.

for the "dirt" i admit i didnt use a catalog...what i did use was newspaper and add papers...which are almost the same thing i used one of those "paper mache clay/paste" recipes (not really one in particular...i kinda mixed a few together and improvised) i just spread that on the bottom...its still wet in the pics and i imagine it will be for a while...that stuff is SOPPING!

hehe...so then i went ahead and stabbed the wire "stems" of the flowers into the foam/dirt....and voila!

sorry theres no "making of" pics...im too ADD to remember to take them...but heres the "aftermath"....not as messy as it usually is...i remembered to clean a bit as i worked this time

What a creative way to repurpose a catalog! I love the simplicity of the project/flower arrangement, and the blooms you've made are gorgeous. I really like the detail on them and their delicate, fragile appearance.